The Harper government’s approach to climate science research in Canada Public understanding of the gravity of the threat of climate change, and of the need for government policies to cut emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), has been driven by scientific […]
Clean Air Alliance Ontario now has a significant surplus of coal-free electricity. We do not need to wait three more years to finish the coal phase out. Ontario’s coal-free generation capacity is now 28% greater than the province’s projected peak […]
Provides the final statement of reasons for the California Air Resources Board’s decision to implement a low-carbon fuel standard, made after a public hearing on an earlier version of the regulation.
How Canada’s climate change policy is driven by the Alberta tar sands.
How the tar sands drive Canada’s climate positions. Canada once had an international reputation as a clean, green country with progressive environmental policies. But when it comes to the positions and actions of the Government of Canada on global warming, […]
Oxfam International April, 2009 Each year, on average, almost 250 million people are affected by ‘natural’ disasters. In a typical year between 1998 and 2007, 98 per cent of them suffered from climate-related disasters such as droughts and floods rather […]
Oxfam 2009 Oxfam report says rich countries have a ‘double duty’ to act on climate change: rich countries must cut emissions at home and to help fund emissions reductions in poor countries in order to get a fair and safe […]
Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Québec and the Pembina Institute 2009 People living in poverty in developing countries are least responsible for the climate crisis. Yet they are suffering its most severe effects: floods, drought, and storms, plus falling agricultural yields and […]
Economics for Equity and the Environment Network (E3N) 2009 The best estimates of the costs of a vigorous, immediate effort to rebuild the world economy around carbon-free technologies are still in the range of one to three percent of world […]
Oxfam 2009 In failing to tackle climate change with urgency, rich countries are effectively violating the human rights of millions of the world’s poorest people. Human-rights principles must be put at the heart of international climate-change policy making now, in […]
